06/08/2014

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0:00:05 > 0:00:06Hi, guys.

0:00:06 > 0:00:08I'm Ayshah and you are live with Newsround with the kids

0:00:08 > 0:00:10meeting the Prime Minister coming up.

0:00:10 > 0:00:13Plus the spacecraft on a mission to discover how life on Earth began.

0:00:13 > 0:00:18And we want you to tell us where your pet goes on holiday.

0:00:21 > 0:00:24But first to the six young musicians who have just completed the

0:00:24 > 0:00:28performance of their lives. The stars of CBBC show The Big

0:00:28 > 0:00:32Performance have been working hard to come up with a song to sing at a

0:00:32 > 0:00:34special event in Belgium to mark 100 years since the start of World War

0:00:36 > 0:00:41I. Ricky went along to see how they got on.

0:00:52 > 0:00:54Guys, you're performing in about an hour's time.

0:00:54 > 0:00:55How are you feeling?

0:00:55 > 0:00:58I am extremely nervous, but I think I am more excited

0:00:58 > 0:01:00because it is such a big occasion.

0:01:00 > 0:01:02I am just got to try and channel all the nerves into

0:01:02 > 0:01:04energy so that I am really excited.

0:01:04 > 0:01:07It is fabulous, it is really good to be here, finally, because you

0:01:07 > 0:01:10understand what the song needs to be like when it is performed.

0:01:10 > 0:01:13It has to be relaxed, it has to be beautiful and thoughtful.

0:01:13 > 0:01:14Because these are war graves.

0:01:14 > 0:01:16It is not a pop song.

0:01:16 > 0:01:18Before we go and perform, somebody very important would

0:01:18 > 0:01:19like to meet us.

0:01:19 > 0:01:20Prime Minister David Cameron.

0:01:20 > 0:01:20No!

0:01:20 > 0:01:22No way.

0:01:22 > 0:01:23Where are you from?

0:01:23 > 0:01:25My name is Sam and I am from Exeter.

0:01:25 > 0:01:28To know that people like David Cameron are rooting for us and

0:01:28 > 0:01:30they want us to succeed is amazing.

0:01:30 > 0:01:32David Cameron was asking us stuff like where we were from, who

0:01:32 > 0:01:34wrote the song, stuff like that.

0:01:34 > 0:01:36I think we were all really nervous answering him.

0:01:36 > 0:01:39So the kids from the Big Performance have now met the Prime Minister,

0:01:39 > 0:01:40they have done the rehearsal.

0:01:40 > 0:01:43In less than an hour they will be singing right here.

0:01:43 > 0:01:45I bet they are feeling very, very nervous.

0:01:45 > 0:01:49I am just doing this to keep the nerves away.

0:01:49 > 0:01:55I am just really nervous.

0:01:55 > 0:02:02I cannot believe my songs is going to be heard by millions of people.

0:02:02 > 0:02:03Enjoy it.

0:02:03 > 0:02:05Shall we go?

0:02:05 > 0:02:07Yes.

0:02:07 > 0:02:08# Stand up.

0:02:08 > 0:02:09# Be proud.

0:02:09 > 0:02:11# They are all our heroes.

0:02:11 > 0:02:15# Fight for peace.

0:02:15 > 0:02:22# We walk ahead as one.

0:02:27 > 0:02:31And The Big Performance is on every day this week and you can see that

0:02:31 > 0:02:34episode from Belgium on Friday. And there is loads more about World War

0:02:34 > 0:02:39I on the Newsround website too.

0:02:39 > 0:02:42In other news, China says a rare gas on the moon could help power earth

0:02:42 > 0:02:45for the next 10,000 years. The Chinese became the first country in

0:02:45 > 0:02:5040 years to land a spacecraft on the moon's surface last year. And now

0:02:50 > 0:02:54the scientists behind the project say mining for a special lunar gas

0:02:54 > 0:02:58called Helium 3 could help provide a new kind of energy. Scientists here

0:02:58 > 0:03:06say it could be possible.

0:03:06 > 0:03:09And sticking with space, a probe that has been chasing

0:03:09 > 0:03:12a comet across the solar system for ten years will finally reach

0:03:12 > 0:03:13its orbit this morning.

0:03:13 > 0:03:15The Rosetta spacecraft could become the first man-made object

0:03:15 > 0:03:19in history to travel around an icy, 10,000-mile an hour comet.

0:03:19 > 0:03:21And scientists hope it could help unlock some of the mysteries

0:03:21 > 0:03:25of life.

0:03:25 > 0:03:27Very soon the Rosetta spacecraft will begin to orbit this comet

0:03:27 > 0:03:31and then spend the next few months analysing what it is made from.

0:03:31 > 0:03:33Its mission is to find out whether comets kickstarted life

0:03:33 > 0:03:36on planet Earth.

0:03:36 > 0:03:42Comets scattered across the early Earth 4.5 billion years ago bringing

0:03:42 > 0:03:45with them water and possibly some of the ingredients for life.

0:03:45 > 0:03:48Scientists believe those ingredients mixed to create the chemicals

0:03:48 > 0:03:53from which life may have emerged.

0:03:53 > 0:03:56The biggest question that we are trying to get an answer to is

0:03:56 > 0:04:02where did life on Earth come from?

0:04:02 > 0:04:04Did it start, how did life get going?

0:04:04 > 0:04:07Was it the building blocks of life that were brought to us from comets?

0:04:07 > 0:04:10Rosetta will spend the next few months taking measurements

0:04:10 > 0:04:11and pictures of the comet.

0:04:11 > 0:04:13It is up close and personal.

0:04:13 > 0:04:15We will be able to understand everything that there is to

0:04:15 > 0:04:17understand about the comet, about the chemical composition,

0:04:17 > 0:04:21about whether the ice on the comet was indeed the source

0:04:21 > 0:04:23of the oceans on planet Earth.

0:04:23 > 0:04:27In November, scientists plan to land a probe to see what it is made

0:04:27 > 0:04:36of and find out whether comets hold the key to how life began on Earth.

0:04:36 > 0:04:42And finally, you are on your summer break from school, you might be off

0:04:42 > 0:04:44Earlier this week we told you that research suggested more

0:04:44 > 0:04:48of us are taking our pooches, cats and other animals away with us.

0:04:48 > 0:04:51So we want you to get in touch and tell us if your pet's going

0:04:51 > 0:04:52on holiday and where to.

0:04:52 > 0:04:55Head to the Newsround website to find out how to get involved.

0:04:55 > 0:04:58That's all from me, Newsround's back right here this afternoon at

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